Th’ expense of spirit in a waste of shame.... this is NOT the sonnet they'll teach in school. But so well worth it. Photo credit: Peasant Lovers by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Ferdinand_Georg_Waldm%C3%BCller" rel="noopener" target="_blank" title="w:en:Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller">Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller</a> (1793–1865. (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peasant_Lovers_%28SM_1393%29.png" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link</a>)

Th’ expense of spirit in a waste of shame.... this is NOT the sonnet they'll teach in school. But so well worth it. Photo credit: Peasant Lovers by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793–1865. (Link)

Th’ expense of spirit in a waste of shame.... this is NOT the sonnet they'll teach in school. But so well worth it. Photo credit: Peasant Lovers by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Ferdinand_Georg_Waldm%C3%BCller" title="w:en:Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller</a> (1793–1865. (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peasant_Lovers_%28SM_1393%29.png" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link</a>)

Sonnet 129 by William Shakespeare

Walter Bowne is a humorist, a writer is serious fiction, or so he likes to think, and creative nonfiction about his crazy adventures. He may also speak about books, family, history, flowers, and gardening, and his belly button.

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Sonnet 129 by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 129 by William Shakespeare